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Penny's Bend Nature Preserve, Durham, NC 3/20/25
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| Yellow Fumewort (Corydalis flavula), with a tiny midge |
Yellow Fumewort (Corydalis flavula) |
Virginia Spring Beauty |
Virginia Spring Beauties |
Twig from mystery tree |
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| Rue Anemone |
Painted Buckeye |
Little Periwinkle |
Ivyleaf Speedwell, with a tiny midge |
Hophornbeam catkins |
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| Green and Gold |
Another Green and Gold |
Male Eastern Towhee |
Dimpled Trout Lily |
Crayfish hole? |
Durham, NC 3/18/25
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| Winged Elm samaras |
Virginia Spring Beauty |
Red Maple samaras |
Eastern Phoebe |
Mock Strawberry flower |
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| Jumping spider (Platycryptus undulatus) |
Jumping spider (Platycryptus undulatus) |
Jumping spider (Platycryptus undulatus) |
Jumping spider (female Hentzia palmarum) |
Jumping spider (female Hentzia palmarum) |
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| Daffodil, growing wild |
Common Blue Violet |
Common Blue Violet |
Boxelder Maple flowers and leaves |
Boxelder Maple flowers and leaves |
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| Sawfly (Hoplocampa genus) |
Asian Multi-colored Lady Beetle |
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Durham, NC 3/16/25
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| Winged Elm samaras |
Winged Elm samaras |
Winged Elm samara |
Sugar maple flowers |
Sugar maple flowers |
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| Mystery plant, very small |
Pennsylvania Bittercress |
Littleleaf Buttercup |
Common Chickweed |
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| Cherry tree |
Cherry tree flowers |
Cherry tree flowers |
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Durham, NC 3/14/25
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| Winged Elm samaras |
Mystery substance, which looked like white sand at a distance |
Virginia Spring Beauty |
Probably a Common Blue Violet |
Springtail |
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| Seed shrimps and mystery objects |
Seed Shrimp |
Seed shrimp, with both antennae showing |
Henbits |
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| Crab spider (Synema parvula) |
Common Yellow Wood-sorrel or Creeping Wood-sorrel |
Common Blue Violet |
Another Common Blue Violet |
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| Asian Multi-colored Lady Beetle |
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Sandy Creek Park, Durham, NC 3/12/25
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| Yellowbelly Sliders |
Winter Honeysuckle |
White-throated Sparrow |
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| White-throated Sparrow |
White-throated Sparrow |
Song Sparrow |
Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Red-bellied Woodpecker |
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| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Question Mark |
Purple Dead-nettle |
Painted Turtle |
Ground Ivy |
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| Fungus |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Carolina Chickadee |
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| Carolina Chickadee |
Carolina Chickadee |
Carolina Chickadee |
Carolina Chickadee |
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| Catkins |
Catkin |
Female Northern Cardinal |
Male Northern Cardinal |
American Elm samaras |
American Elm samaras |
Durham, NC 3/11/25
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| Jumping spider (Hentzia genus) |
Jumping spider (Paraphidippus aurantius) with prey |
Male midge |
Same male midge |
Running crab spider |
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| Flea beetle, Altica genus |
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Durham, NC 3/8/25
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| White-throated Sparrow |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
Carolina Chickadee |
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| Tufted Titmouse |
Tiny Bluets |
Same Carolina Chickadee |
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Durham, NC 3/7/25
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| Dimpled Trout Lilies |
Tan-striped White-throated Sparrow |
Common Chickweed |
Henbit |
Female Eastern Bluebird |
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| Dimpled Trout Lily |
Dimpled Trout Lily |
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Nature Trail, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC 3/5/25
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| White-throated Sparrow |
Same White-throated Sparrow (actually seen inside the Garden) |
Water patterns (actually seen inside the Garden) |
Tufted Titmouse |
Another Tufted Titmouse, at nest |
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| Tufted Titmouse |
Trillium, probably a Little Sweet Betsy |
Same Trillium, probably a Little Sweet Betsy |
Unusual trillium |
Another unusual trillium |
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| Virginia Spring Beauty |
Northern Spicebush flower |
Northern Spicebush flower |
Northern Spicebush flower |
Northern Spicebush buds |
Carolina Chickadee |
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| Hepatica |
Tiny fish (at the Garden) |
Dimpled Trout Lily |
Another Dimpled Trout Lily |
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| Tufted Titmouse |
Round-lobed Hepatica |
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Durham, NC 3/3/25
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| Tufted Titmouse |
Red Maple male flowers (actually March 1) |
Persian Speedwells |
Male House Finch |
Same male House Finch |
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| Henbit, Persian Speedwells, and Wild Onions |
Female Eastern Bluebird |
Dimpled Trout Lily |
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